Rumour GFC 2025 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 1

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CatRiot said:
How tall is Jagger Mooney? What type of player is he? Is he draftable end of this year? Or bottom age in U18s this year?
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Footy Smarts said:
Is Rongdit this year? And is he good enough that we might trade out our first rounder to make sure it's not swallowed by a bid?
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GEELONG FALCONS ​

TOP PROSPECTS

Josh Lindsay finished his bottom-age campaign as Team Heppell’s best player in the U17 Futures grand final day curtain raiser.

The smooth-moving playmaker has a lethal left boot and he enters the year as one of Vic Country’s top prospects. His Geelong Grammar teammate Ben Rongdit joins Lindsay in the AFL Academy.

The 184cm Sudanese defender’s leap is off the charts and he regularly produces moments of brilliance with his athleticism.

Vic Country summer hub member Hugo Mikunda has had an interrupted pre-season, but was the Falcons’ rookie of the year in 2024 and is tipped to press his claims on a wing and through the midfield.

Jack Pickett was one of four bottom-agers in the Vic Country summer hub and headlines their 17-year-old group.

Ben Rongdit training with the Cats. Picture: Alison Wynd

Ben Rongdit training with the Cats. Picture: Alison Wynd
NGA & FATHER-SONS

It isn’t just Rongdit who is tied to the Cats. Hybrid marking forward Jesse Mellor, who was born in Thailand, also trained with Geelong over the summer. He is the son of former Richmond assistant coach Greg Mellor.

Then there is father-sons Jagger Mooney, the son of Geelong goalkicking great Cam, and Boston Riccardi, the son of ex-Geelong star Peter and brother of former Cats listed player Osca.

Noah Caracella returns as an 19-year-old player (son of ex-Essendon, Brisbane and Collingwood star Blake) and is eligible to join Essendon, while Jax Cooney (son of Adam, Western Bulldogs) and Archie Daffy (son of Nick, Richmond) enter the program as bottom-agers.

POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS

Athletic 200cm prospect Jett Elek joined the Geelong Falcons program at the back-end of last season after his local club Lara recommended the Falcons come down and have a look at him. He has continued to impress since that audition and is one who could bob up after not being part of the talent pathway throughout his junior years.

MID-SEASON DRAFT WATCH

Dan Lowther was interviewed by several clubs ahead of the national draft and returns as an over-age player.

Kobe George, a 188cm forward, made his debut for Geelong’s VFL team over the weekend, while Cooper Leach shapes as one of one of the Falcons more intriguing prospects.

A similar case to Elek, Leach was parachuted into the program late last pre-season after shining as a ruckman for Grovedale’s senior side, before suffering an ACL rupture on the eve of the season.

 
Turbocat said:

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GEELONG FALCONS ​

TOP PROSPECTS

Josh Lindsay finished his bottom-age campaign as Team Heppell’s best player in the U17 Futures grand final day curtain raiser.

The smooth-moving playmaker has a lethal left boot and he enters the year as one of Vic Country’s top prospects. His Geelong Grammar teammate Ben Rongdit joins Lindsay in the AFL Academy.

The 184cm Sudanese defender’s leap is off the charts and he regularly produces moments of brilliance with his athleticism.

Vic Country summer hub member Hugo Mikunda has had an interrupted pre-season, but was the Falcons’ rookie of the year in 2024 and is tipped to press his claims on a wing and through the midfield.

Jack Pickett was one of four bottom-agers in the Vic Country summer hub and headlines their 17-year-old group.

Ben Rongdit training with the Cats. Picture: Alison Wynd

Ben Rongdit training with the Cats. Picture: Alison Wynd
NGA & FATHER-SONS

It isn’t just Rongdit who is tied to the Cats. Hybrid marking forward Jesse Mellor, who was born in Thailand, also trained with Geelong over the summer. He is the son of former Richmond assistant coach Greg Mellor.

Then there is father-sons Jagger Mooney, the son of Geelong goalkicking great Cam, and Boston Riccardi, the son of ex-Geelong star Peter and brother of former Cats listed player Osca.

Noah Caracella returns as an 19-year-old player (son of ex-Essendon, Brisbane and Collingwood star Blake) and is eligible to join Essendon, while Jax Cooney (son of Adam, Western Bulldogs) and Archie Daffy (son of Nick, Richmond) enter the program as bottom-agers.

POTENTIAL SURPRISE PACKETS

Athletic 200cm prospect Jett Elek joined the Geelong Falcons program at the back-end of last season after his local club Lara recommended the Falcons come down and have a look at him. He has continued to impress since that audition and is one who could bob up after not being part of the talent pathway throughout his junior years.

MID-SEASON DRAFT WATCH

Dan Lowther was interviewed by several clubs ahead of the national draft and returns as an over-age player.

Kobe George, a 188cm forward, made his debut for Geelong’s VFL team over the weekend, while Cooper Leach shapes as one of one of the Falcons more intriguing prospects.

A similar case to Elek, Leach was parachuted into the program late last pre-season after shining as a ruckman for Grovedale’s senior side, before suffering an ACL rupture on the eve of the season.

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Love what i read about rongdit.

Hard to categorise mellor though, hybrid marking forward? Another Ollie Henry type?
 

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CatToTheFuture said:
Love what i read about rongdit.

Hard to categorise mellor though, hybrid marking forward? Another Ollie Henry type?
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Hard to know how what they will do when translate too. I hope both get games in the VFL thru the year. Id say with a small or medium forward ..hybrid or what ever ..we will be very interested in their running ability. If he can do a good 2K and 20M then he has that tick going for him to be able to move into other roles.
 
ShadowCat said:
It's kind of ridiculous how good our drafting has been. We get handed nothing, and we still keep finding absolute gems. Doggies and Sydney are pretty good at that too.

Agree on Wiltshire and Edwards. Based on the VFL game on the weekend, I'm starting to think Stevens might make it too. Has really worked on his tank, shed the kilos, and looks fitter and quicker than he did. If all 6 worked out, that would rival our extraordinary 2016 draft, IMO.

Fun fact, 22 out of our named 26 have been drafted in 2016 or afterwards:

2016 -

Bowes*
T. Stewart
J. Henry
Z. Guthrie
O'Connor

2017 -

Miers
Stengle*

2018 -

B. Smith*
T. Atkins

2019 -

SDK
Close

2020 -

Holmes
O. Henry*
S. Neale

2021 -

Knevitt
Dempsey

2022 -

Clark
Clohesy
Mullin

2023 -

C. O'Sullivan
L. Humphries
Wiltshire

  • T. Kelly, J. Clark traded, who are Top 10 players at their new clubs
  • Mannagh, Conway, who have played AFL games (Mannagh Best 23)
* (denotes trade in from another club/SSP)

Only Danger, Jez, Blics and Duncan, are from before 2016. Remarkable turnover.
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Not sure I agree re Doggies. Best mate is one eyed as you will see and constantly laments his teams poor selections low in the draft, especially compared to Geelong which is where Wells & Co really bury the opposition.

They may hav turned that around recently though with late picks for Freijah and Davidson who are making a difference in a team dominated by high picks and father sons.
 
cats_09 said:
Silly question regarding NGA players:
  • I know we selected Ted Clohesy as a CatB rookie under the NGA criteria
  • Was his older brother same also eligible as an NGA selection for us, because I don't recall hearing about him until after we drafted Ted
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No because his parents moved to gc at one point (can't remember which year) which meant Sam wasn't playing in our zone long enough to be eligible (unfortunately).
 
STPer18 said:
Oliver is just Rowell from Temu. The latter is a lot better.
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Rowell is great but id take Oliver if his head was right. But Melbourne won't trade Oliver.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
Rowell is great but id take Oliver if his head was right. But Melbourne won't trade Oliver.
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Really? If I could get both with the same type of trade..id be taking Rowell. He looks like he is about to break out. I think Oliver maybe on the slows but maybe its the look of the team he is in
 
Turbocat said:
Really? If I could get both with the same type of trade..id be taking Rowell. He looks like he is about to break out. I think Oliver maybe on the slows but maybe its the look of the team he is in
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Agreed Rowell is the much better option unless Oliver is a fire sale
 

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Pure_Ownage said:
Rowell is great but id take Oliver if his head was right. But Melbourne won't trade Oliver.
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We won't have the picks, but Melbourne look like they are about to completely bottom out and if they could trade Oliver out for a quality young tall forward or quality picks they absolutely will.
 
And_ROOS said:
We won't have the picks, but Melbourne look like they are about to completely bottom out and if they could trade Oliver out for a quality young tall forward or quality picks they absolutely will.
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It depends on how we go too.

If we have a middling year (not even a bad year, just an 'un-Geelong' year), what's the better option? A pick around 10? Or a 29 year old Clayton Oliver with history?

That's why Rowell, Butters etc are the priority for mine. They're young enough that you can justify the price-tag even if things don't immediately go as planned.

Guys like Oliver though, we'd be betting on ourselves yet again, and to be fair, the club has a decent record with that.

It's not as simple as this, but I'd personally set the handicap at something along these lines from a pure football POV:

Semi final and beyond - You entertain the Oliver situation.

Anything less that that - Go to the draft or prioritise younger options.
 
Rowell would be a perfect foil for Holmes and Smith but suns look finals bound and I think he’ll stay.
Melbourne will have to look at trading some of their older players on long term deals. They might get better as the season goes on but they’re not playing finals and they need some more young talent to help them
 
CatToTheFuture said:
I dunno, there may be a fire sale at the dees on this form line
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I doubt it. They are stubborn. Unless Goodwin gets sacked and there's new management I don't see them agreeing to trade him at all (same with pickett).
 
Turbocat said:
Really? If I could get both with the same type of trade..id be taking Rowell. He looks like he is about to break out. I think Oliver maybe on the slows but maybe its the look of the team he is in
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Rowell is better purely because he's younger and has no off field risk but if you take those factors out on playing ability it's line ball. People forget how elite a player Oliver is because of the other stuff. But it's irrelevant as Oliver isn't gettable even if he wants out.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
Rowell is better purely because he's younger and has no off field risk but if you take those factors out on playing ability it's line ball. People forget how elite a player Oliver is because of the other stuff. But it's irrelevant as Oliver isn't gettable even if he wants out.
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Rowell is going to have a top 20 player in the league season.

Oliver will be lucky to end up in the top 100. His disposal arsenal is 1m safe handballs and scrappy dump kicks. Can't chase or tackle effectively, shocking on the spread and doesn't have agility in tight spaces any more.

Rowell is seriously levels above Oliver now.
 
Mr Meow said:
Rowell is going to have a top 20 player in the league season.

Oliver will be lucky to end up in the top 100. His disposal arsenal is 1m safe handballs and scrappy dump kicks. Can't chase or tackle effectively, shocking on the spread and doesn't have agility in tight spaces any more.

Rowell is seriously levels above Oliver now.
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Agree on the first sentence.

Completely disagree on the rest (the issue is Melbourne's stupid game plan not oliver) but you're entitled to your opinion.
 

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